The world is a big place, and whilst we pretend that we've seen it all, we very rarely venture too far from home. Normally I would put myself into that category, an unfortunate chain of events led me to leave the armchair behind and travel to little known Slough. Don't know where it's on the map. Neither did I, but apparently it's in Gloucester. The countryside, grass to a city boy like me. Little did I know how eventful it would be.

First job, leaving London. The simple act of driving away from everything I'd known (albeit for a day) and transitioning to "The Outside World". Funnily enough, the M25 does what the M25 does best, and ended up closing some lanes after an accident. My luck couldn't get any worse! A two hour drive ended up doubling in time, as we attempt to calculate the quickest route around the traffic. After driving what felt like halfway around the world, we did arrive. Having left at 08:30, we arrived at 12:30. We certainly didn't set the roads alight.

After arriving, the first thing I understood was the size difference Slough and an average London town. The roads were very tight, and there was a severe lack of things to do. Whilst trying to sort out my hunger, I looked like the Maze Runner trying to fi d somewhere to eat. My chances looked bleak, until I found every teenager's holy grail; a McDonald's (For reference, 8/10 for actual warm food and near perfect food). A brief moment of feeling like a city boy again, before the day's adventures resumed.

After a "nice" walk through the field, watching out for manure and treating every animal as a Jurassic Park dinosaur, we settled on a nice bar where my Dad's family were meeting us. The fact that we found a bar was probably more surprising than the McDonald's, and if I'm honest, if there was a unicorn it probably would have shocked me less. It was nice to see some family, but I think I prefer the city.

All in all, a change in environment was great. It was good to experience something new, but it almost felt as if the "fresh country air" was a conspiracy theory. In all seriousness though, I feel I enjoyed it, but maybe being a city boy has it's perks.